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The 11th Picture World(Donya-ye Tasvir) Cinematic and TV Films Celebration was held on Friday night at the Milad Tower after a two-year hiatus.

The magazine was banned in March 2008 and publication resumed about a year later.

“Night Bus” by Kiumars Purahmad is about an Iranian teenage combatant and a middle-aged soldier who are tasked to relocate a group of Iraqi prisoners of war by bus behind the front during the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war, which in Iran is called the Sacred Defense.

Directed by Majid Majidi, “The Song of Sparrows” tells a bittersweet parable about the struggles of a

family living in a rural area outside Tehran.
In early 2008, Reza Naji won a Silver Bear prize for best actor at the 58th annual Berlin International Film Festival for his role in “The Song of Sparrows.”

The ceremony began with a short speech delivered by Elham Hamidi, the best actress of the previous edition.
Pop Singer Reza Yazdani continued with his song “Persian Gulf” warming up the ceremony, and left the stage amidst endless applauding and cheering by the audience.